Thursday, June 30, 2011
On this Date in 1908...
...the Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia. Setting the stage for an egregious reference error in 1984 by Ray Stantz.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
On this Date in 1807...
...Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos. After the battle the Admiral was overheard saying, "Why anyone would throw that many turkey shaped foot stools is beyond me."
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
On this Date in 1946...
...in the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship. Which basically consisted of the following: If you lived north of the United States you are a Canadian.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
On this Date in 1409...
...Western Schism: the Roman Catholic church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon. Thus bringing to completion the first ever Pope Trifecta.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
On this Date in 1786...
...Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. He was able to definitively ascertain it was St George Island because of the huge banner the natives had erected over the beach.
Friday, June 24, 2011
On this Date in 1374...
...one of the first major outbreaks of dancing mania, wherein crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, took place in Aachen (present-day Germany), before spreading to other cities and countries. During which was the first recorded occurrence of someone dying from doing the macarena.
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